XtraUpload is a free file hosting script for anyone willing to create a service similar to Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com.

It is written in PHP (CodeIgniter Framework) & uses MySQL for storing data.

The script is also an e-commerce platform as you can offer both standard-free & premium-paid plans where payments can be handled via PayPal, 2Checkout, Authorize.net, Moneybookers & more. All are integrated.

It has an e-mail validated signup system where users can:

• upload multiple files
• create & password protect folders
• rate files
• share links via e-mail & more..

And, with a powerful administrator screen, you can:

• restrict downloads with:
  • amount of allowed MB per hour
  • defining concurrent download limits
• create user groups & define limits for each user group
• add/manage servers (multi-server support)
• manage subscriptions
• enable/disable captcha & much more..

Besides being a complete file hosting platform, XtraUpload’s code is a resource for anyone into CodeIgniter Framework covering most of the features a web application have.

JPEGSnoop is a free application (Windows) that gives you details of JPEG and MotionJPEG AVI files.

It is for anyone who is curious in finding out the source of an image to test its authenticity.

The application can open various file types that contains an embedded JPEG image like: .JPG, .AVI, .MOV, .PDF & more.

Besides the authenticity, JPEGSnoop provides other detailed information about the images like:

• JPEG quality & resolution
• EXIF metadata
• Makernotes
• RGB histograms & more..

Few months ago, a post at WRD was sharing the Microsoft Web Platform.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the new features in Web Platform, which are:

• Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta
• Web Application Gallery

The Web Platform aims to be a complete ecosystem for building and hosting websites, services, and applications.

Microsoft Web Platform Installer

It installs almost everything that can be required in a Windows server environment like:

• IIS 6/7
• SQL Server 2008 Express
• .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
• PHP v5.2.9-1 & more..

and enables users to install web applications like Wordpress, DotNetNuke & more with 1-click.

Web Application Gallery

This is the presentation of the applications that support Microsoft Web Platform. And best of all, anyone can create new applications & have them listed in the gallery which is an opportunity for reaching to thousands.

eZ Components is an open source & feature-rich PHP(5) components library.

By offering quality solutions to common tasks & same naming conventions / structures for all of them, the library aims to speed-up the development time.

Some features offered by the library are:

• create, modify, and extract archive files
• caching
• database connections
• parse & create feeds
• charting (line, bar & other graphs)
• e-mail, URL, input management & more..

eZ Components is very well-documented, provides examples at every step & has an active development.

MooGenda is an event calendar script, built with MooTools, that reads events from JSON requests.

The calendar supports drag’n drops of events & in every action a JSON request is sent for instant updates.

This MooTools calendar supports 3 different views:

• day view
• week view
• month view

With clicks, the calendar switches between views with a sliding animation & displays the details of that day/view/month.

StatOwl is a website presenting internet usage statistics in a comprehensive way.

There are various reports that will be helpful to anyone into web design & web marketing like:

• web browser’s market shares
• percentage of Flash, Quicktime versions installed
• operating systems used
• screen resolutions & much more..

The data provided is valuable to web designers / developers to better analyze internet users.

All data presented can be displayed for custom date ranges & as different chart types.

A web application or a software development process always has bugs which is very normal in a hundreds of lines of code. The important part is tracking & fixing them.

Whether you are a one-person-army or have teammates, it is a big time-saver to use a bug tracking software.

Besides having the bugs listed in a comprehensive way, most bug/issue tracking applications let end-users to submit bug-feature requests that will end up in a better product.

Here are 9 free & open source bug tracking softwares, both desktop & web-based, for a better development process:

WebIssues

WebIssues is an open source issue tracking & team collaboration application that has 2 parts:

• The server: a PHP-MySQL based server where the data is stored, notifications are sent
• The client: a desktop application for users to connect to the server (Windows & Linux supported)

A permission-based user system enables the ability of "multiple users working on different projects".

Issue types are flexible & customizable. Issues can be easily filtered & reports can be created for a snapshot. 

eTraxis

A PHP bug tracking software that works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL and Oracle.

Unlimited projects can be created with any number of users working on them. Users working on the project can easily see the bugs assigned to them or see the general status of the project.

eTraxis can notify users with e-mails & has a reminder system. The software has multilanguage support.

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jQuery has built-in animations & effects. But when it comes to switching between 2 objects, you may need to code a little more for a flawless display.

ImageSwitch is an easy to use jQuery plugin for switching between images using effects.

The plugin supports various effects like fade in/out, fly in/out, flip in/out, scroll in/out, single door & double door.

And, the code of the plugin is well-commented which makes it easier to improve it.

Tip: Besides the Groject.ImageSwitch.js, check this .js file too to better findout how the plugin works.

There are various web-based image editors that help a lot specially when you do not have the right image editing software with you.

AIE, an open source Ajax image editor, is one of them but with a difference: it can be installed under your websites.

So, besides using it as a standard image editor, it can be integrated with other applications you use (like image galleries, blogging apps., etc) by simply setting the "images folder" of these applications.

AIE has great features like:

• resizing images
• cropping images
• rotate/flip images
• apply filters
• add text with a text tool
• apply watermarks & more..

It is built with Ext JS & uses PHP+ImageMagick on the server-side. For a demo, click here.

Sendn is presenting 10+ well-designed free newsletter templates which you can find handy for using them in your own web apps, e-mail marketing processes..

Several different types of templates exist like 1/2 columns or with/without menus.

Templates come with .zip files with the image & HTML files.

They are free to be used in both personal & commercial projects.